leftism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English left

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English leftism

From left + -ism.

Noun

leftism (countable and uncountable, plural leftisms)

1. Belief in the principles of left-wing politics.

Derived terms

• anarcho-leftism
• Islamo-leftism
• regressive leftism
• ultraleftism

Translations

belief

• Azerbaijani: solçuluq
• Bulgarian: левичарство (levičarstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 左派思想 (zuǒpài sīxiǎng), 左翼思想 (zuǒyì sīxiǎng)

• Finnish: vasemmistolaisuus (fi)
• Kazakh: солшылдық (solšıldıq)
• Polish: lewica (pl) f
• Spanish: izquierdismo (es) m

Anagrams

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